What are the online learning websites for photography?

Oak photography network, hummingbird network, color shadow infinite, national color photography network and so on.

A book suitable for beginners;

The Simple Introduction to Digital SLR Photography, jointly published by Oak Photography Network and Tencent, pays attention to practicality, combines with domestic reality, and has many examples to explain, which is very suitable for beginners to learn.

After reading it, if you are interested and have the time and energy, go and see the textbook of New York Institute of Photography, which is comprehensive and covers all the photography knowledge. It is regarded as the bible of photography, and it takes some time to read and understand.

If you want to be an artist, read A again. Adams talks about photography.

Teach you how to choose the right SLR lens.

Zoom lens is so convenient, why do we use fixed focus lens?

Most beginners will choose to buy a camera for the first time, because they can travel around the world with a zoom lens-a mirror, which is suitable for different occasions. However, the first SLR lens I really owned and contacted was a 50mm standard fixed-focus lens. At that time, a friend laughed and said that I could not travel all over the world, but is this true? Zoom lens is so convenient, why do we use fixed focus lens?

Generally speaking, if you want to have a large aperture with a zoom lens, you have to pay a very expensive price, and you can easily buy a "roast goose" large aperture lens with "cabbage price". First of all, the larger the aperture, the more light is collected by the zoom lens with smaller aperture, which can easily create the effect of shallow depth of field. At night or in indoor weak light environment, you can take the desired photos without increasing the sensitivity (ISO). In addition, because the components of the fixed-focus lens can be made smaller than the zoom lens, it will be very light. At the same time, because there is no zoom "convenience", you need to shoot by your own actions, which can help you seriously think about composition. Coupled with the pure structure of fixed-focus lens, the quality is often higher than that of zoom lens, and the price is reasonable. Who can not love it?

Next, I will introduce the three most common focal lengths of fixed-focus lenses: 35mm, 50mm and 85mm.

35mm fixed-focus lens ――EF 35mm f/ 1.4L USM

35mm is a famous humanistic wide angle, and it is also suitable for scenery and group portraits, even portraits. It can give photographers enough space to compose pictures on the street, and it can shoot a wide range, and it can shoot people and most of the surrounding environment. Moreover, it has a slightly wide angle of view and is favored by many street photographers or news photographers. Therefore, some people think that the picture taken with 35mm lens has more "visual impact" than the standard and portrait fixed-focus lens.

50 mm fixed-focus lens-AF-S Nikkor 50 mm f/ 1.8 g

50mm fixed focus lens should be the easiest lens for beginners to use. The famous photographer Bresson also likes to take pictures with a 50 mm lens and Leica. He thinks that the lens is like an extension of the eye, and he thinks that 50mm is the focal length of the human eye. If you use a lens with the same focal length, you can "what you see is what you get". What you see through the observation window with 50mm is equivalent to what you see with the naked eye at present. When you need a quick composition, you can fantasize about the picture you need in your mind. This inexpensive Nikon fixed focus has also been dubbed "the essence of human optics" by insiders.

85mm fixed-focus lens ―― 85mm F 1.4 EX DG HSM

85mm is called portrait lens, because this focal length has small deformation, small sense of compression and easy to create a shallow depth of field, so it is often used when taking portraits. Moreover, due to physical limitations, it is difficult for a lens with a longer focal length to produce a larger aperture, while 85mm is prone to large apertures such as f/ 1.4 and f/ 1.2. Furthermore, this focal length is very suitable for taking busts, and communication between the photographer and the model is very important when shooting. If the focal length is too long, it will make it difficult for them to communicate. The focal length is too short, because it is necessary to make up the picture at close range, which will make both models and photographers feel embarrassed, so 85mm is a suitable distance, which is convenient for two people to communicate and can reduce the sense of embarrassment. Portraits are a must.

These are just three commonly used focal length lenses. In fact, there are still many different focal lengths for fixed-focus lenses, such as 24mm, 135mm, etc. So the world of fixed-focus lenses is still varied, you can choose. I hope you can find your favorite lens through accumulated experience in the future.

In fact, in addition to fixed-focus lenses, I believe many photographers have one or two zoom lenses. When scholars learn how to use other zoom lenses, they usually choose to buy wide-angle lenses to make up for the shortage. Because the first zoom lens is usually a standard zoom, it is not enough to control some spectacular scenery photos. Whether it is wide-angle zoom or telephoto fixed focus, it is actually very interesting lenses, because these kinds of lenses are very difficult to make, so it is also the technical embodiment of various manufacturers.

Selection of Super Wide-angle Lens ――EF 8- 15mm f/4L Fisheye USM

Because few people can use wide-angle zoom, I will introduce some skills to you:

(1) Everything is simple.

Novices want to photograph everything at that time, even if it is a flower and a grass, they usually want to be "big and complete" The same is true where wide-angle lenses are difficult to control. Some unwanted things are often photographed in photos, and these unnecessary elements can easily affect the impression. In fact, shooting the scenery should be simple, without stacking too many foreground, middle and background scenes, and it can effectively guide the audience's visual focus instead of being disturbed.

(2) Try an unusual angle

Try to shoot things from different angles and let yourself learn to observe things from different angles. For example, putting the camera close to the ground and then shooting the subject close to the ground with a horizontal angle can generally get fresh pictures. You can also try to take pictures of things, leave more sky and blank space, so that the picture creates more space and won't feel cramped at the same time.

(3) Pay attention to the size relationship of objects.

Using a wide-angle lens will have the effect of "near big and far small", that is, it will exaggerate the objects near the lens and make the distant objects smaller. When shooting, you can pay attention to the things around you, which can be used as a foreground to set off the subject being shot, and sometimes you can get some interesting effects, such as the size of the object is opposite to normal.

(4) Wide-angle line change.

When shooting, I found some lines nearby, such as roads, which can be enhanced with wide-angle lenses. For example, when shooting a building, you can use its lines to shoot from bottom to top. Because the wide-angle lens has the characteristics of lens distortion, things at the edge will be stretched and enlarged, which can make things look huge and make photos look nervous.

Af-snikkor 300 f/4e pf ed VR.

After the above tips and experience, everyone has a certain understanding and understanding of wide-angle lenses. In fact, there is another kind of lens that novices have the opportunity to ignore, and that is the telephoto lens. Many times novices will think that telephoto lenses are of little use, so they all ignore them. In fact, telephoto lenses can often help you take photos of special situations, such as sports photography and outdoor photography. When the subject is at a long distance, the telephoto lens will play a powerful role. Here is a brief introduction to the use of three telephoto lenses:

(1) outdoor photography

Field photographers usually carry telephoto lenses, waiting for the appearance of wild animals day and night to capture their every move, and usually carry telephoto lenses with different focal lengths for emergencies. Because wild animals are usually far away and difficult to get close to, it is necessary to have a certain focal length to capture the clear side of animals. It should be noted that it is necessary to ensure a certain shutter speed to prevent the influence of insufficient light input and hand shock, so a large aperture lens is a rigid requirement.

(2) Outdoor photography

On most competition days, fixed-focus lenses with different super-long focal lengths will be used on the sports field to facilitate the heroic shooting of athletes. However, because there is a certain range of competition, photographers need to shoot with telephoto lenses, and because zoom lenses often cannot focus quickly and accurately, photographers prefer to use fixed-focus lenses. It should be noted that flashing is forbidden in most competitions because it will affect the performance of athletes. If necessary, we can only increase the sensitivity to make up for the shortage of flash.

(3) Portrait photography

Most photographers use a medium-focus lens to shoot portraits, but in a few cases, they use a telephoto lens to shoot portraits. Because sometimes the objects in the background are far away, the compression of telephoto lens can make the background and the target look closer. In addition, the deformation of telephoto lens is smaller than that of other lenses, so that the photos will not be distorted because of lens deformation. Furthermore, the telephoto lens can reduce the embarrassment of the subject and make the expression of the subject more natural. It should be noted that because telephoto lenses are usually bulky and heavy, they are prone to vibration when shooting, so photographers will set up tripods to increase stability.